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February 6, 2026
Calls for release of 9 locals arrested by MNDAA over gold mi...
February 6, 2026
Over 100 Chinese telecom scam suspects arrested in Tachileik
Chairman of the Myanmar military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Khin Yi speaks during an election campaign event in Yangon on November 19, 2025. Myanmar junta has touted polls starting December 28 as a path to peace, but the vote will be blocked from rebel-held enclaves and monitors are dismissing it as a ploy to disguise continuing military rule. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)
February 6, 2026
Military-aligned USDP declared winner of 2025-2026 elections...
Mizzima
October 9, 2015
Secret USDP document predicts potential USDP annihilation in...
Documents obtained by Mizzima include the unreleased reformist manifesto of former USDP Chairman Thura U Shwe Mann and internal polling data which...
Karen Information Center
October 9, 2015
Fighting Between Karen and Govt’s Militias Force Village Sch...
Fighting between soldiers from the government’s militia, the Border Guard Force and a splinter group of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army occurred...
Narinjara
October 9, 2015
Floods Followed by Illness in Rakhine Village
Following the floods in Rakhine State people are starting to suffer from health problems including at least 45 people with skin problems in Tharsay...
Kaladan Press
October 9, 2015
Burma BGP Force Rohingyas to Pay Tolls
Burma Border Guard Police (BGP) in Rakhine State have been charging Rohingyas travelling from Maungdaw Northside to central Maungdaw a toll since 1...
October 9, 2015
Mro National Democracy Party To Contest 4 Seats In Arakan St...
San Maung Than, Narinjara News — The Mro National Democracy Party (MNDP), will be contesting four seats in Arakan seat in the upcoming election, the...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Lt.Gen. Yawd Serk, leader of Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)
October 9, 2015
RCSS/SSA Will Sign Nationwide Ceasefire Despite Ongoing Clas...
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) will sign Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on October 15 their...
Sao Mae, third from left, at the award ceremony in Colorado with her and Sao Kya Seng’s two daughters, Sao Kennari, far left, and Sao Mayari, second from left (Photo courtesy of Sai Awn Murng)
October 9, 2015
Former Prince of Hsipaw Honored in Colorado
Last Thursday the Colorado School of Mines posthumously conferred on Sao Kya Seng, the last Saophalong (ruling prince) of the Shan State of Hsipaw,...
October 9, 2015
Many Karenni State Villagers Still Lack Awareness Of Voting...
Mu Estar — The majority of rural residents in Karenni State have a lack of an understanding about the voting process, says the deputy director of...
October 8, 2015
Killing of Shan party members in Kachin state was political...
Sai Aung Myo Lwin — The murder of two members of the Tai-Leng Nationalities Development Party (TNDP) in separate incidents in Kachin State's jade...
Shan Herald Agency for News
October 8, 2015
Future Uncertain for Shan Armed Groups
The future for the two largest Shan ethnic armed organisations (EAOs), the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N/SSPP) and the Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA...
October 8, 2015
Kayan Women's Group To Monitor Election
Ten Kayan representatives from the Kayan Women’s Organization have submitted official requests to monitor the election as individuals, says the...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Map showing flood-affected villages (Photo courtesy of Japhet Jakui)
October 8, 2015
Eastern Shan State Flood Disaster Was Man-Made
The devastating impacts of August’s floods in eastern Shan State, which destroyed homes and farms in four villages and killed five people, were the...